Records fall as heat holds on to southern Manitoba
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This article was published 06/10/2021 (1627 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Southern Manitoba has been treated to an extra dose of summer-like weather, with the most-recent temperatures setting several daily records.
Environment Canada reported new temperature highs and ties in eight areas Tuesday — with more records expected to be broken Wednesday.
Brandon, Gimli, Steinbach, Melita, Pinawa and Pine Falls reached new heights for the first week of October.
In Brandon, temperatures hit 31.5 C, offsetting the previous record of 30.9 C set Oct. 6, 2011. Gimli and Steinbach’s 29 C-plus heat beat the previous 26.7 C in 2011 and 1961, respectively. Temperatures in the Melita area reached a record 30.5 C.
The McCreary and Shoal Lake areas tied pre-existing records set in 2011, with maximum temperatures of 30.6 C and 28.1 C, respectively.
“The warm trend, well above normal temperatures, is continuing,” Environment Canada meteorologist Natalie Hasell said Wednesday. “We remain under the same upper ridge, so an area of hot, dry conditions extending from the States.”
The Prairies are split in two, Hasell said, with the southern portion of Manitoba experiencing a hot, dry spell expected to last until mid-next week, and the northern portion experiencing cooler, more seasonal temperatures.
“We will continue to be under the influence of these weather systems giving us these warmer temperatures today, tomorrow, and then we should start to see a bit of a transition on Friday.”
Temperatures will still hang above seasonal norms through the weekend, but are expected to drop into a crisp fall chill, as a second low-pressure system moves in midway through next week, said Hasell.
Until then, Hasell predicts some heat records could be broken (or tied) when the final numbers come in for Wednesday, as forecasts in the Winnipeg, Emerson, Brandon and Steinbach areas could creep into the high-20s and even low 30s.
Winnipeg’s record for Oct. 6 — set in 1879 — is 30 C.
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Julia-Simone Rutgers is the Manitoba environment reporter for the Free Press and The Narwhal. She joined the Free Press in 2020, after completing a journalism degree at the University of King’s College in Halifax, and took on the environment beat in 2022. Read more about Julia-Simone.
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Julia-Simone’s role is part of a partnership with The Narwhal, funded by the Winnipeg Foundation. Every piece of reporting Julia-Simone produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
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